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Be the first to watch at home when Next Goal Wins becomes available from all major digital retailers including Prime Video, Apple TV, and Vudu on January 16, and arrives on Blu-ray and DVD on February 27, with never-before-seen bonus content including Taika Waititi’s homage to American Samoa, Polynesian culture, and sports movies.
This is a great story to watch, especially if you already love soccer, but even if you don’t, it’s a great watch. I’m not usually one to care for sports much, but I thought this was a great movie. I still enjoy watching a lot of movies that involve sports, especially when they are based on true stories. I always find movies based off of a true story to be really good and very inspiring. This sure was a great one too. I highly enjoyed seeing this movie, and I’m very glad I actually watched it. I hadn’t heard of this movie only until recently. Even if you haven’t heard of it, you will now.
The American Samoa soccer team is an amazing team with so many great players. Even though they had a losing streak, they came back better than ever. It was really inspiring seeing how they all worked together as a team and really learned more about what it was like being a team and working together. This team is filled with so much love and they really truly did work together to become an even better team.
Film Synopsis
Based on a true story, this heartfelt underdog comedy follows the American Samoa soccer team, infamous for their brutal 31-0 FIFA loss in 2001. With the World Cup qualifiers fast approaching, the team hires down-on-his-luck, maverick coach Thomas Rongen (Michael Fassbender), hoping he will turn the world’s worst soccer team into winners.
Bonus Features**
Featurette
- Creating The Pitch of Life – Explore filmmaker Taika Waititi’s loving homage to American Samoa, Polynesian culture, and the sports movie in this delightfully entertaining short-form documentary. See what it took to make a winning movie about the losingest soccer team in the world.
Deleted Scene
- Priest Blessing the Team
**Bonus features may vary by product and retailer
Rating
U.S. Rated PG-13
This movie has already been released, so make sure to grab your own copy. You can even get it off AMAZON.
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